I was asked to keep the new City logo confidential, before it is revealed this Saturday evening at the Dunwoody Music Festival. So for that reason I'm not linking to the new City website page.
But to give you an idea, take a look at the Chamber of Commerce page:
And here's a screenshot with the sensitive parts edited out.
They have lots in common, don't they?
The company contracted to create the new logo and website is Calvin, Giordano, and Associates out of Fort Lauderdale, FL. Not exactly Dunwoody natives, but I'll let City Hall explain why they went out of state for this job when there are plenty of developers right here in town capable and willing to do a job for local government.
Evidently, Calvin et al know a good thing when they see it! Pardon me while I pat myself on the back.
UPDATE:
Just got an update. Calvin, Giordano, & Assoc do not have a website department. They do have an employee in their city planning function that creates websites as a hobby.
It's hard to fault any entity for trying to find the least financially expensive alternative for a job, especially when dealing with taxpayer money.
HOWEVER - the irony is the Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling (email: michael.starling@dunwoodyga.gov) is in a job that encourages businesses to start up here and stay here and for customers to buy Dunwoody goods and services.
Off the top of my head I can think of five other website development firms operating inside of city limits who would have been happy to take a government job. I bet they would have been much more creative than just lifting the color and layout scheme that the Chamber of Commerce was already using. The City wants to reap the benefits of a business community, yet to date they will not lead by example.
This partially explains the stolen design/color scheme and the fact that the City Government is trying to force the Chamber of Commerce to change its brand to that of a City department. By "unifying" the branding the City is trying to show that they are in control of the business community instead of letting them advocate for themselves. We've got the makings of a very interesting news story here.
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3 comments:
They used a Drupal theme too?
No, this is not a Drupal theme. The CMS is Sitefinity, which is written in ASP.NET as opposed to PHP. But it sure does look like a modified Acquia Marina, doesn't it? ;-)
Just got an update. Calvin, Giordano, & Assoc do not have a website department. They do have an employee in their city planning function that creates websites as a hobby.
It's hard to fault any entity for trying to find the least financially expensive alternative for a job, especially when dealing with taxpayer money.
HOWEVER - the irony is the Dunwoody Economic Development Director Michael Starling (email: michael.starling@dunwoodyga.gov) is in a job that encourages businesses to start up here and stay here and for customers to buy Dunwoody goods and services.
Off the top of my head I can think of five other website development firms operating inside of city limits who would have been happy to take a government job. I bet they would have been much more creative than just lifting the color and layout scheme that the Chamber of Commerce was already using. The City wants to reap the benefits of a business community, yet to date they will not lead by example.
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